Grants Resource Center
The Grants Resource Center is exactly what its name suggests for the local non-profit community. It is a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection and offers access to the Foundation Directory Online, which lists more than 92,000 foundations that fund non-profit organizations. The Resource Center is stocked with grant writing manuals, statistical publications and journals relating to children and families - all of which are used by non-profit agencies to obtain grant dollars. In addition, the Resource Center provides links to local, state, and national requests for proposals.
e-mail: jsparrow@jwbpinellas.org
phone: (727) 547-5671
Recent Grant Announcements
Verizon Foundation Literacy Grants
Verizon Foundation Literacy Grants are available to organizations committed to basic literacy skills in the United States. Verizon has invested in a network of collaborative literacy partners, offering a wide variety of programs with a focus on e-learning. Verizon's leadership in technology and communications provides the distribution network.
Award: $10,000
Due: October 31, 2010
Tiger Woods Foundation
TWF grants provide opportunities to children who are underserved, focusing on programs and projects that enhance the learning process for children, and transitional programs for young adults to become productive adults.
Award: $25,000
Due: November 1, 2010
got breakfast?
This program works to ensure that every child, regardless of background, starts the day with a nutritious breakfast in order to learn, grow and develop to his or her fullest potential.Grants will be awarded to public and private schools, local governments, youth sports programs, and other Summer Nutrition Program participants working to ensure that every child starts the school day with a nutritious breakfast.
Award: up to $10,000
Due: various dates
Robert Wood Johnson Local Funding Partnerships Peaceful Pathways
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships is a matching grants program that connects the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with local grant makers to fund new, community-based projects to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations. This special solicitation seeks nominations from diversity-focused funders for projects to reduce violence in traditionally underserved communities that are defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.
Award: Up to $1 million is available in 2010. Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 and $200,000 each will be awarded.
Due: Various deadlines.
Doing Good 101 The Pepsi Refresh Project
Pepsi is awarding grants in amounts of $5,000 - $250,000 to individuals and nonprofits.
Ford Foundation Funding for Arts Spaces
Non-profit arts organizations with strong track records of artistic excellence, who are intending to buy, build, renovate, partner in the development of, or become anchor tenants in a vibrant artist space.
Award: up to $100,000
Letter Of Intent due: September 17, 2010
